Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:43:58 +0000 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130331 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 31, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 19:31 01:08 K.Kinemuchi A.Derekas ECHELLE 01:10 03:08 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein ECEHLLE 03:10 06:42 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 19:31 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.9 0 0 NM08/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 UW13/R 03:10 06:42 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Weather was nice and clear, telescope and instruments were fine. The IR cam inside the dome was behaving a little strangely, would sometimes lose focus and the image would turn blurry. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:12 dis-slit 469( 322) 223 55 8.9 10.7 9.8 10.2 8.7 1.13 20:15 dis-slit 481( 249) 219 72 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.0 8.6 0.89 00:15 ECHELLE 538( -810) -136 49 7.8 7.5 8.0 7.7 7.3 Clear 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 19 18 303 (WNW) 721 clear none 17:00 56 22 16 265 (W) 693 clear none 18:00 55 20 13 256 (WSW) 741 clear none 19:00 51 20 9 275 (W) 753 clear none 20:00 46 20 6 188 (S) 843 clear none 21:00 48 19 14 204 (SSW) 710 clear none 22:00 48 19 13 201 (SSW) 684 clear none 23:00 48 18 17 219 (SW) 646 mstly clr none 00:00 47 17 12 186 (S) 640 mstly clr none 01:00 46 19 14 195 (SSW) 886 mstly clr none 02:00 46 18 9 225 (SW) 795 mstly clr none 03:00 46 18 18 218 (SW) 774 ptly cldy none 04:00 44 18 13 243 (WSW) 806 mstly clr none 05:00 44 18 10 233 (SW) 785 clear none 06:00 43 19 11 227 (SW) 1012 clear none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 2.0.0